general Wiki format question and Python Wiki markup parsing libraries

[chris]

Jarek Zgoda wrote:

> chris <csad7 at yahoo.com> pisze:
> 
> 
>>is there something like a "standard" wiki format at all, or at least one 
>>that is widely used?
> 
> 
> Don't think so. I saw more than 10 "simplified markups", of which nearly
> all was more complicated than original HTML. I wanted something like
> this in my JPA, so I added possibility to use Mark Pilgrim's Python
> implementation of Dean Allen's Textile (originally implemented in PHP,
> Perl version also exists), but Textile is really "simplified", its
> capabilities are rather limited. Go to http://diveintomark.org/ and
> check if PyTextile will suit your needs.
> 

thanks for the hint. PyTextile is almost too much already and i agree 
almost as "complex" as HTML. something simpler like a wiki syntax would 
be much better...

chris